MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
explores
issues
relating to open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOC).
Recent
evolvements in
technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for
people
all around the world
to take courses online.
These MOOC classes are
free
for students but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are several
topics that
elearning institutions
are having to consider
in 2015 because online learning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the instruction provided by these
massively open online courses is
good?
How can students
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business models are being used by
organizations like
Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today?
How can stakeholders
deal with the problems of
low
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As blended learning becomes more
available there is a
increasing
demand
to understand how
these MOOC classes are being conducted.
Scholars
and lots of other
participants
desire
to gain a better understanding of
the outcomes of these
promising new open education
experiments.
People want
to gain more knowledge about how
these massively open online courses
can be made better.
Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably.
To satisfy this
crescive
desideratum for
data
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
MOOCs and other open education resource issues.
This new book
also addresses the
major controversies associated with
MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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